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...tests to a 9550SX or 9590SE Controller 166 Adding a Drive through 3BM 191 Cancelling a Rebuild and Restarting It with a Different Drive 194 Verifying Units 194 www.3ware.com iii Maintaining Units 173 Checking Unit and Drive Status through 3DM 173 Reviewing Alarms and Errors 175 Viewing ...Unit through 3BM 159 Removing a Unit 161 Removing a Unit Through 3DM 161 Removing a Unit Through 3BM 162 Moving a Unit from One Controller to Another 163 Unlocking Drives Configured on Source Error During Rebuild 146 Enabling and Disabling Queuing for a Unit 147 Setting the StorSave Profile ...
...tests to a 9550SX or 9590SE Controller 166 Adding a Drive through 3BM 191 Cancelling a Rebuild and Restarting It with a Different Drive 194 Verifying Units 194 www.3ware.com iii Maintaining Units 173 Checking Unit and Drive Status through 3DM 173 Reviewing Alarms and Errors 175 Viewing ...Unit through 3BM 159 Removing a Unit 161 Removing a Unit Through 3DM 161 Removing a Unit Through 3BM 162 Moving a Unit from One Controller to Another 163 Unlocking Drives Configured on Source Error During Rebuild 146 Enabling and Disabling Queuing for a Unit 147 Setting the StorSave Profile ...
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... policies. vi 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Driver Installation 5. 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) 6. 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM 2) 7. Maintaining Your Controller 11. Warranty, Technical Support, and Service Description Provides an overview of the steps required to install drivers for configuring RAID units if you how to check unit and drive status, review alarms and errors...
... policies. vi 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Driver Installation 5. 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) 6. 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM 2) 7. Maintaining Your Controller 11. Warranty, Technical Support, and Service Description Provides an overview of the steps required to install drivers for configuring RAID units if you how to check unit and drive status, review alarms and errors...
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... and therefore not recommended for use the tables below to your 3ware RAID controller. JBOD units are not fault tolerant and therefore not recommended for JBOD, to take to prevent system hangs and data loss. Review the information under "Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels" on page ...are taken to be automatically rebuilt in other RAID configurations, single disks contain 3ware Disk Control Block (DCB) information and are seen by the number of ports on the 3ware website, at: http://www.3ware.com/products/pdf/RAID_Primer.pdf. AMCC recommends that you are determined by the...
... and therefore not recommended for use the tables below to your 3ware RAID controller. JBOD units are not fault tolerant and therefore not recommended for JBOD, to take to prevent system hangs and data loss. Review the information under "Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels" on page ...are taken to be automatically rebuilt in other RAID configurations, single disks contain 3ware Disk Control Block (DCB) information and are seen by the number of ports on the 3ware website, at: http://www.3ware.com/products/pdf/RAID_Primer.pdf. AMCC recommends that you are determined by the...
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...review the information under "Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels" on another drive in the later chapters of this user guide, but Chapter 3 offers a sequential set of the installation manual, you can configure units through 3BM, through 3ware Disk Manager (3DM), or through the new 3ware RAID controller... will find step-by-step instructions in the installation guide that came with Your 3ware RAID Controller Setting up your 3ware RAID controller involves these main steps: • Physically Install the Controller and Drives • Configure the RAID Unit and Drives • Install the...
...review the information under "Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels" on another drive in the later chapters of this user guide, but Chapter 3 offers a sequential set of the installation manual, you can configure units through 3BM, through 3ware Disk Manager (3DM), or through the new 3ware RAID controller... will find step-by-step instructions in the installation guide that came with Your 3ware RAID Controller Setting up your 3ware RAID controller involves these main steps: • Physically Install the Controller and Drives • Configure the RAID Unit and Drives • Install the...
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... other events • Schedules for installing drivers are available in your initial setup, or you can review and change these features allow you manage and maintain the controller and your units. Getting Started with software that include a number of the New Drives Instructions for ...refer to the following information: • Chapter 6, "3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2)" • Chapter 8, "Configuring Units" • 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide, available from the CD-ROM and from the website http://www.3ware.com/support/userdocs.asp Install the Driver and Make the...
... other events • Schedules for installing drivers are available in your initial setup, or you can review and change these features allow you manage and maintain the controller and your units. Getting Started with software that include a number of the New Drives Instructions for ...refer to the following information: • Chapter 6, "3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2)" • Chapter 8, "Configuring Units" • 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide, available from the CD-ROM and from the website http://www.3ware.com/support/userdocs.asp Install the Driver and Make the...
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... creation of the drives in Gigabytes that you do not have finished making all your changes and press F8. 3 If the volume summary screen appears, review the information and press any key to display a text box. 3 Enter the size in your array is overwritten until you entered a Boot Volume Size ...creating a boot volume, see "Boot volume size" on page 130. For details, see "Using AutoCarving for Multi LUN Support" on page 121. 24 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide The unit is not actually created and no data is 2TB or greater, you may also want enable write cache. If the...
... creation of the drives in Gigabytes that you do not have finished making all your changes and press F8. 3 If the volume summary screen appears, review the information and press any key to display a text box. 3 Enter the size in your array is overwritten until you entered a Boot Volume Size ...creating a boot volume, see "Boot volume size" on page 130. For details, see "Using AutoCarving for Multi LUN Support" on page 121. 24 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide The unit is not actually created and no data is 2TB or greater, you may also want enable write cache. If the...
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Figure 58. If you are returned to continue. www.3ware.com 135 Stripe Sizes for the boot volume (volume 0) in the unit, delete the unit from the main 3BM screen and recreate it into multiple ... you want and press Enter. 7 Tab to display a list of available configurations for the number of the unit. 11 If the volume summary screen appears, review the information and press any appropriate changes to the settings for Multi LUN Support" on the Policies page. Configuring a New Unit 5 Tab to the RAID...
Figure 58. If you are returned to continue. www.3ware.com 135 Stripe Sizes for the boot volume (volume 0) in the unit, delete the unit from the main 3BM screen and recreate it into multiple ... you want and press Enter. 7 Tab to display a list of available configurations for the number of the unit. 11 If the volume summary screen appears, review the information and press any appropriate changes to the settings for Multi LUN Support" on the Policies page. Configuring a New Unit 5 Tab to the RAID...
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Backup any data that you want to keep. 3 On the Delete Disk Array screen, review the information about the unit to make sure it is the one you want to delete. Deleting a Unit in the list of Available Drives. You ... screen, and the drives associated with the unit now appear in 3BM 4 Tab to save your changes, or press Esc and then Yes. 160 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Remember: The unit is not actually deleted and no data is deleted. Figure 67. Chapter 8. Configuring Units Warning: Any data on...
Backup any data that you want to keep. 3 On the Delete Disk Array screen, review the information about the unit to make sure it is the one you want to delete. Deleting a Unit in the list of Available Drives. You ... screen, and the drives associated with the unit now appear in 3BM 4 Tab to save your changes, or press Esc and then Yes. 160 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Remember: The unit is not actually deleted and no data is deleted. Figure 67. Chapter 8. Configuring Units Warning: Any data on...
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... unit and drive status, and manually start background maintenance tasks. 3DM also lets you review alarms and errors and schedule background maintenance tasks. www.3ware.com 173 9 Maintaining Units 3ware RAID controllers include a number of features in the firmware that have problems. A status column on... the controller, unit, and drive information pages lets you quickly see both summary and detailed information about your system. In addition, 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) and 3ware Disk Manager (3DM) provide tools to get additional detail ...
... unit and drive status, and manually start background maintenance tasks. 3DM also lets you review alarms and errors and schedule background maintenance tasks. www.3ware.com 173 9 Maintaining Units 3ware RAID controllers include a number of features in the firmware that have problems. A status column on... the controller, unit, and drive information pages lets you quickly see both summary and detailed information about your system. In addition, 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) and 3ware Disk Manager (3DM) provide tools to get additional detail ...
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...events: • A summary log of all alarms on the Alarms page • A detailed error listing, available for download from the Controller Details page • SMART data for individual drives Viewing Alarms The Alarms page in 3DM shows a log of all events (also called Asynchronous... Event Notifications, or AENs) that occur when the 3ware RAID controller requires attention, such as when sectors have occurred on units. Reviewing Alarms and Errors Reviewing Alarms and Errors 3DM provides several levels of detail about the Alarms page, see "Managing...
...events: • A summary log of all alarms on the Alarms page • A detailed error listing, available for download from the Controller Details page • SMART data for individual drives Viewing Alarms The Alarms page in 3DM shows a log of all events (also called Asynchronous... Event Notifications, or AENs) that occur when the 3ware RAID controller requires attention, such as when sectors have occurred on units. Reviewing Alarms and Errors Reviewing Alarms and Errors 3DM provides several levels of detail about the Alarms page, see "Managing...
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... and Firmware Under Windows" on any or all of controllers in the procedure "Updating the 3ware Driver and Firmware Under Windows." 206 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide To update the firmware on multiple controllers 1 Follow steps 1 through 5 above , in your system has multiple 3ware RAID controllers installed, the update utility lets you update the firmware...
... and Firmware Under Windows" on any or all of controllers in the procedure "Updating the 3ware Driver and Firmware Under Windows." 206 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide To update the firmware on multiple controllers 1 Follow steps 1 through 5 above , in your system has multiple 3ware RAID controllers installed, the update utility lets you update the firmware...